International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management: Volume 21 Issue 2

Modelling the Effects of Traffic Congestion on JIT

Kant Rao, William L. Grenoble

Increasing traffic congestion in many parts of the world threatensto disrupt the reliable transport performance required for effectiveimplementation of just‐in‐time logistics. An…

Dynamic Vehicle Scheduling: An Expert Systems Approach

Prabir K. Bagchi, Barin N. Nag

The dynamic vehicle scheduling problem for a shipper involvesmanaging transport of freight originating at various locations tominimise transport costs. The job involves dynamic…

Alternative Methods of Evaluating Capital Investments in Logistics

C. Carl Pegels

Evaluating capital investments for additions or modifications towarehouses, for replacement of equipment or for entirely new facilitiesis a complex activity which involves…

Defining Service Levels to Evaluate European Logistics Configurations

Jan T. Zantinga, Mark Gieben

The progress towards a common European market as well as theimplementation of JIT, MRP and other systems may lead to the need toreevaluate and possibly centralise the distribution…

Interset Association between Measures of Customer Service and Market Response

R. Mohan Pisharodi, C. John Langley

Customer service is often described as consisting of a set ofmeasurable elements. Similarly, market response to customer service maybe viewed as consisting of a set of components…